Australian Open at the QF

Stan Wawrinka is down two sets to Raonic as I begin this post. Raonic has confidence for sure. He beat Roger in the Brisbane final though I have said it wasn't a great match, mainly because both men's serve was mediocre and Roger was under the weather. Having said that, he pretty much hit Roger off …

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AO Tennis Update

Wow. A lot of tennis and I've been too busy to see much of it at all. Looking forward to tonight's Federer v Dimitrov, Thiem v Goffin, and I'm interested in Tsonga's form. Of course, if Kei straight-sets Garcia-Lopez, that's better than nothing. I have seen Federer and Djokovic play on replay and both look …

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2106 Australian Open Men’s Draw

You know the draw is out for AO 2016. This post is late. Sorry. Been away from the old computer, which is actually a good thing. Let the games begin. Having grown-up an athlete, who still loves to watch and play and think like an athlete, there is nothing quite as intriguing as a tournament, …

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2016 Predictions

Thanks for all of the thoughtful input on 2016! Yes, there will be a lot of sarcasm on this blog in 2016, in the event that you get confused or mistakenly offended (or offended).  Be that as it may, Thanks, Mat4 for your thoughtful exchanges.  To all, those are the kinds of exchanges we'll have …

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Federer and the Field

I need to keep this short and as clear as I can.  The last post meant to clarify this but it was lost.  I'm afraid readers thought I was writing about the GOAT debate.  No way.  If anything, I was saying to all of the Djoker GOATers, slow your roll: you have much work to …

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London Final

Is the final surprising?  Afraid not. Granted, Stan has beaten Roger before; we saw quite the demonstration of this at the FO QF 2015.  Straight sets. Staminal was on a sort of mission then, mission impossible, mission cannibal, baseline missile mission, what-have-you. But beating Roger Stan has not done very frequently, at all.  Trivia time: …

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